Hong Kong · civil procedure
What period applies to renewed court of appeal leave?
14 days from refusal below. Make renewed leave application to the Court of Appeal. Renewal is a new source step, not service of an already authorized appeal notice.
- Period
- 14 days from refusal below
- Trigger
- Actual refusal of the initial leave application
- Rule
- Rules of the High Court (Cap. 4A), Order 59, rule 2B(3)
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What period applies to renewed court of appeal leave?
14 days from refusal below. Make renewed leave application to the Court of Appeal. Renewal is a new source step, not service of an already authorized appeal notice.
Responsible actor. Applicant refused leave by the Court below.
Actual refusal of the initial leave application
14 days from refusal below
Applicant refused leave by the Court below. Actual initial leave refusal; Required-leave decision; Inter partes status retained. A direct application allowed by the Court of Appeal uses the judgment date instead. Single-Justice refusal has a distinct seven-day fresh-application route.
Rules of the High Court (Cap. 4A), Order 59, rule 2B(3)How does this provision count time?
- Make renewed leave application to the Court of Appeal
- Applicant refused leave by the Court below uses the established actual refusal of the initial leave application. 14 days from refusal below. Exclude the effective event day. Ordinary intervening weekends remain counted unless an applicable source provision excludes them. High Court Ordinance (Cap. 4), section 31(1), omits Summer Vacation for the applicable civil procedural period not exceeding one month unless the Court directs otherwise. Order 64 rule 1 supplies August 1 through August 31. Order 3 rule 3 separately covers pleading periods.
- Make renewed leave application to the Court of Appeal. An applicable Court-office completion may move under the exact final-day source only when the act cannot be done there. Establish the actual office route, closure and any different effective electronic route. Renewal is a new source step, not service of an already authorized appeal notice.
- Renewal is a new source step, not service of an already authorized appeal notice.
Applicant refused leave by the Court below uses the established actual refusal of the initial leave application. 14 days from refusal below. Exclude the effective event day. Ordinary intervening weekends remain counted unless an applicable source provision excludes them. High Court Ordinance (Cap. 4), section 31(1), omits Summer Vacation for the applicable civil procedural period not exceeding one month unless the Court directs otherwise. Order 64 rule 1 supplies August 1 through August 31. Order 3 rule 3 separately covers pleading periods.
Make renewed leave application to the Court of Appeal. An applicable Court-office completion may move under the exact final-day source only when the act cannot be done there. Establish the actual office route, closure and any different effective electronic route. Renewal is a new source step, not service of an already authorized appeal notice.
Rules of the High Court (Cap. 4A), Order 59, rule 2B(3)What do independently checked examples show?
Fictitious example
Applicant refused leave by the Court below. Actual refusal of the initial leave application occurs on Friday, October 9, 2026. The retained eligibility and ordinary procedural conditions apply.
| Step | What is counted | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Example 1. Ordinary established facts | Applicant refused leave by the Court below. Actual refusal of the initial leave application occurs on Friday, October 9, 2026. The retained eligibility and ordinary procedural conditions apply. 14 days from refusal below. Renewal is a new source step, not service of an already authorized appeal notice. | Friday, October 23, 2026 |
| Example 2. Closed-day boundary | Applicant refused leave by the Court below. Actual refusal of the initial leave application occurs on Monday, October 5, 2026. The retained eligibility and ordinary procedural conditions apply. 14 days from refusal below. Renewal is a new source step, not service of an already authorized appeal notice. | Tuesday, October 20, 2026 |
| Example 3. Material procedural branch | Applicant refused leave by the Court below. Actual refusal of the initial leave application occurs on Friday, October 9, 2026. The complete eligibility and procedural facts are not established. This actual branch must be established independently before any ordinary endpoint can be used. Actual initial leave refusal | A direct application allowed by the Court of Appeal uses the judgment date instead. Single-Justice refusal has a distinct seven-day fresh-application route. |
Fictitious established facts. These examples do not establish eligibility, effective service, relief or a direction.
Try these dates in the calculatorWhich conditions and exceptions apply?
- Actual initial leave refusal
- Actual initial leave refusal
- Required-leave decision
- Required-leave decision
- Inter partes status retained
- Inter partes status retained
- Correct source counting and completion route
- Applicant refused leave by the Court below uses the established actual refusal of the initial leave application. 14 days from refusal below. Exclude the effective event day. Ordinary intervening weekends remain counted unless an applicable source provision excludes them. High Court Ordinance (Cap. 4), section 31(1), omits Summer Vacation for the applicable civil procedural period not exceeding one month unless the Court directs otherwise. Order 64 rule 1 supplies August 1 through August 31. Order 3 rule 3 separately covers pleading periods. Make renewed leave application to the Court of Appeal. An applicable Court-office completion may move under the exact final-day source only when the act cannot be done there. Establish the actual office route, closure and any different effective electronic route. Renewal is a new source step, not service of an already authorized appeal notice.
- Applicant refused leave by the Court below. Actual initial leave refusal; Required-leave decision; Inter partes status retained. A direct application allowed by the Court of Appeal uses the judgment date instead. Single-Justice refusal has a distinct seven-day fresh-application route.
- A direct application allowed by the Court of Appeal uses the judgment date instead. Single-Justice refusal has a distinct seven-day fresh-application route.
What must the responsible actor complete?
Questions about this procedure
What period applies to renewed court of appeal leave?
Does the original judgment start renewed leave time?
Rule 2B(3) identifies the date the Court below refuses leave.
Rules of the High Court (Cap. 4A), Order 59, rule 2B(3)Which Court receives the renewed application?
The Court of Appeal.
Rules of the High Court (Cap. 4A), Order 59, rule 2B(3)Is direct leave the same as renewed leave?
No. Paragraph (4) concerns a permitted direct application from the judgment date.
Rules of the High Court (Cap. 4A), Order 59, rule 2B(3)Does successful renewal automatically serve an appeal notice?
No. A separate notice-of-appeal step follows a leave grant.
Rules of the High Court (Cap. 4A), Order 59, rule 2B(3)Must a renewed application address expired appeal time?
Order 59 rule 2A requires the relevant reasons and extension application where necessary.
Rules of the High Court (Cap. 4A), Order 59, rule 2B(3)Does a single Justice’s renewed-leave refusal end every avenue?
Rule 2C provides a separate seven-day fresh application in its qualifying single-Justice branch.
Rules of the High Court (Cap. 4A), Order 59, rule 2B(3)Official sources and review
Provisions used (5)
| Provision | Purpose |
|---|---|
| Rules of the High Court (Cap. 4A), Order 59, rule 2B(3) | Check the identified procedure, event, counting rule or qualification |
| Rules of the High Court (Cap.4A), Order3 rules1–5 and Order64 rule1 | Check the identified procedure, event, counting rule or qualification |
| High Court Ordinance (Cap.4), section31(1), including its endorsed-writ proviso | Check the identified procedure, event, counting rule or qualification |
| Interpretation and General Clauses Ordinance (Cap.1), section71(1)–(2) | Check the identified procedure, event, counting rule or qualification |
| General Holidays Ordinance (Cap.149), section3 and Schedule | Check the identified procedure, event, counting rule or qualification |